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The Little Travelers 
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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS 
IN WALES 





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Affectionately Dedicated 
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Little Welsh Cousins 
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FOREWORD 


Foreign lands, strange customs, and new peo¬ 
ples make their appeal to old and young alike. 
There is always a fascination about the unknown, 
a call to the unexplored. This inborn interest 
should be encouraged even in young children by the 
study of countries other than their own. 

The little country of Wales is full of interest. 
It has the potent charm of antiquity, the urge of 
modern progress. Conquest and religion have made 
deep impressions upon this quiet land. Castles 
remain to tell the tale of conquest that is dead. 
Churches and chapels everywhere bespeak a religion 
that still lives as the greatest influence in Wales. 

The Welsh have a serenity and calm like their 


tranquil, green valleys, a stability and strength like 
their bleak and wind swept hills, a sparkle and 
warmth like the sunshine on their mountain tops. 

Wales is rich in beauty of scene; rich in natu¬ 
ral resources; rich in a loyal people. 

Gwladys M. Lyle 


As a token of appreciation I wish to thank Miss 
Jeannette C. Morgan and Miss Mary Fitz Gerald 
for their assistance in the preparation of this book. 
To Miss Fitz Gerald — teacher, nurse and social 
worker in the San Diego city schools—I am in¬ 
debted for the Suggestions for the study of Wales. 



Castle Lodge and Lock Gate — Cardiff. 


CONTENTS 

Going Away. 

The Plan. 

Gyp and Sally. 

All Aboard. 

Looking Out of the Window. 

The Diner. 

New York. 

Seeing the City. 

Good-Bye to America. 

Going Aboard. 

Our Stateroom. 

Sitting on Deck. 

Shuffle Board. 

The Steerage. 

Dining-Hall. 

Rough Sea. 

Getting Ready to Land. 

An English Train. 

Green Fields. 

The White Horse. 

The Welcome. 

The Houses. 

Thin Bread and Butter 

A Cheery Fire. 


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CONTENTS, continued 


PAGE 

Feather Beds. 44 

The Rooks. 45 

A Walk to Town. 46 

The Shops. 48 

Coal Mining. 50 

The Game of Cricket. 52 

Rain. 54 

The Town Crier. 55 

Wimberries and Heather. 56 

The View from the Hill. 58 

Taffy Was a Welshman. 60 

A Little Pink House . 61 

Two Birds Flying High. 64 

Mrs. Jones, the Farm. 67 

The Land of Castles. 69 

Castle Ruins. 71 

The Black Prince. 73 

The Pasture. 73 

Singing School. 74 

The National Song Festival. 75 

Will Dilys Win a Prize. 76 

The Gala Week in Wales. 77 

The Prince of Wales. 80 

The Welsh Flag. 81 

The Welsh Costume. 83 

At the Beach. 86 

Mt. Snowdon. 88 

On the Way. 90 

"The Puff Puff”. 91 

Mt. Snowdon. 92 

Gelert’s Grave. 94 

Woolly Sheep. 96 

Rees Writes a Letter to His Aunt in America. 99 

All Hallow’s Eve.100 

The Market.102 

The Cockle Woman.103 

Away at School.105 

Dilys Studies Her Lessons.106 

Plum Puddings.109 

Mince Pies.*..113 

Holly Berries and Hedges.115 

Cardiff.117 

Christmas Morning.120 

Going to Church.122 

Good-Bye to Wales..123 















































LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 

PAGE 

The kitchen at the Farm. 4 

We thought whales were animals. 17 

"I am glad to see my darling grandchildren”. 37 

Tea is poured for everyone. 41 

The dooryards are filled with flowers. 43 

We crossed a stone bridge over the river. 47 

The iron-monger is a hardware merchant. 49 

The whole house looks like a face. 63 

Mrs. Jones told them the story of the pattern. 65 

Tudor and Dilys will sing a duet. 79 

Grandmother made my costume for a play. 85 

We will walk along the cliffs. 97 

The neighbors all come in for a stir.Ill 

I am glad we came to Cardiff at Christmas time.119 














































































































































THE LITTLE TRAVELERS 
IN WALES 


Cjoing r^Away 

I am a little boy. 

My name is Rees. 

My sister’s name is Gwendolyn. 

We call her Gwen for short. 

We live in California. 

We are happy because we are going 
on a long trip. 

Mother and father are going with us. 
First we start out on the train. 



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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


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Father says we are to eat and sleep on the train. 

We think that will be lots of fun. 

Then we are going on a big boat 
across the ocean. 

We are going to Wales. 

I thought whales were animals. 

Whales live in the water. 

The Wales we are going to see 
is a country. 

The people who live there are Welsh. 

The country where the Welsh live is far away. 
Grandmother and our cousins live there. 





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Sally brought Gyp to say good-bye 

Qyp and Sally 

We got on the train this morning. 

Many of our friends came to see us off. 

Sally, the little girl who lives next door, 
came too. 

She brought our dog Gyp to say good-bye. 
Gyp got very excited at the station. 

He ran about making friends with everyone. 
He put his little paws up against me. 

He scratched my good stockings. 

He was begging to go along with us. 





THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


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^All o Aboard 

Father was busy with the suit cases. 

Sally asked him to take her along in one. 

He said he wished he could but she was too big. 
A colored porter carried our things on the train. 
Mother’s friends brought her lovely flowers. 

They said to Gwen and me, "You will be so tall 
when you come back we will not know you.” 

The sun was bright so Father took pictures 
of us with Gyp and Sally. 

"All aboard! All aboard!” the conductor called. 
We kissed our friends good-bye. 

We got on the train and waved 
out of the window. 

"Be sure to write to us,” our friends said. 
"Don’t forget to come back.” 





We see houses and fields 

cQooking Out of the Window 

The train goes along very fast. 

It is pleasant looking out. 

We see houses and fields and purple hills. 

It is very beautiful. 

We like to see the telegraph poles flying by. 

Father says they seem to move by us 

our train is passing by them so quickly. 

We go through many towns. 

































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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 



When we stop we see people on the platforms 
saying good-bye. 

Yesterday I gave my red apple to a little girl 
under the window. 

She was very pleased. 

Woe 'Diner 

When we eat our meals we go to another car. 

It is called a diner 

and looks exactly like a dining-room. 






























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The waiters are colored men. They have on 
white suits. 

They are very polite. 

It is hard for them to carry trays. 

The train rocks back and forth. 

We have good things to eat. 

We had strawberries and cream for breakfast. 

Father says everything is delicious. 

I think so too. 

We have three meals a day 
just as we do at home. 




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We are in New York. 


The buildings in New York 
are very tall 


It is a big city. 

The buildings are very, very tall. 

We look and look at them. 

The tops of the buildings seem to reach the sky. 
The streets are full of people. 

We went shopping. Mother says that 

there are many beautiful things in the shops. 

We got tired walking. 






























































































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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 



We ride in trains that go through tunnels 
under the streets. 

Some of the trains go above the streets. 

When we ride on the trains above the streets 
we can see into second story windows. 

Is it strange to ride above the streets? 

Yes. We can see automobiles and people 
on the streets below us. 

The people look very small. 

They look like ants. 































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The people look very small 


Qood-^Bye to c .American 

Now we are on the wharf 
where the steamship leaves. 

The steamship is very tall. 

It has many windows and doors. 

Friends of Father came to say good-bye. 

They gave us pretty picture books. 

We sit on the suit cases 

while Father checks the trunks. 

Everyone is busy. People are hurrying about. 
Some are laughing. 

Some are crying because they are leaving home. 












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Cooing ^Aboard 

We go to the boat. It is as big as a hotel. 

We walk up the gang-plank. 

The plank has little sticks across it 
so our feet won’t slip. 

It looks like the plank the chickens use 
to walk up into the hen house. 

The men of the boat pull up the ropes. 

The band plays and the whistle blows. 

The boat moves away from the wharf. 

There are hundreds of people waving 
their handkerchiefs. 

The boat moves slowly. 

Father says this big boat must be careful 
not to bump anything. 

We steam down the bay. 

For a long time we can look back 
at the tall New York buildings. 

We wave and wave. We say good-bye, 
good-bye to everything. 



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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Our Stateroom^ 

We go inside the boat 

to see where we are going to sleep. 

The room is very small. 

There is a round window called a porthole. 

We can see the water outside. 

There is a looking-glass. 

There is a wash bowl and running water. 

The beds are like shelves. 

There is a fence along the edge 
to keep us from falling out. 

Our suit cases are under the lower berth. 

Gwen and I have to climb a ladder 
to get into our upper berths. 

It is a nice little ladder. 

I like to climb up to bed. 



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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Sitting on 'Deck^ 

We go up on the deck. 

The water is beautiful. 

The ship does not toss about 
like our sail boat at home. 

It is large and heavy and rides the waves. 

We sit with Mother and Father 
in our deck chairs. 

Mother and Father are reading. 

We read the books that were given to us 
when we left New York. 

We watch the men and women walk 
up and down. 

There are many children. 

We will play with them to-morrow. 





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Steaming past “Liberty” in the harbor 


Shuffle 'Board 

Father takes us up on the top deck. 

It is a wonderful place to play. 

It is like a porch of a big house. 

We hide by the life boats when we play 
hide and seek. 

Father says the life boats are ready 
to use in a storm. 

It is such fun to play shuffle board. 

We shove little blocks of wood along the deck. 

We use a special stick with a cross-piece 
on the end. 





















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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


The stick is called a cue. 

Father marks off nine squares on the deck 
with chalk. 

We try to shove the wooden blocks 
onto the squares. 

Father counts the score. 

Gwen wins the games. She is the best player. 
I am going to try to win next time. 

UJje Steerage. 

We go to the end of our deck. 

We look way down on the pointed deck below. 
It is for the steerage passengers. 

There are men and women dancing down there. 
One is playing something that pulls in and out. 
Father says it is an accordion. 

It makes pretty music. 

The children of the steerage are sitting 
on big piles of rope. 




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'Dining-Hall 

We travel seven days and seven nights. 

We have our meals in the big dining-room. 
Every afternoon we have tea and cake on deck. 
We get hungry. The food tastes good. 

There are many large tables. 

They are fastened to the floor. 

They won’t move around. 

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One day the sea was rough. 

The waves were high when the wind blew. 

The boat rocked and rocked. 

Our plates were fastened to the table. 

They did not slide off. 

It was hard to eat our soup, 

because the table swayed up and down. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Some of Gwen’s soup spilled out 


on the table cloth. 

We both laughed. Mother did not scold us. 
She said it couldn’t be helped. 

Next day the sun came out. 

The boat did not rock. We were glad. 




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We were so excited to see land. 

We have been a long time on the water. 
We have now reached England. 

We will soon get off the boat. 

We can hardly wait. 

All the people have on their hats and coats. 

Suit cases are piled on the deck. 

We go back to the stateroom 

to see if we have forgotten anything. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 

I found, my new knife. It had fallen 
under my berth when I undressed. 

We go on deck again and watch the men 
unload the mail bags. 

There are hundreds of them. 

What a lot of letters! 

The baggage is taken from the ship. 

It goes down a chute on to the wharf. 

Look, the bags are bumping each other 
as they slide! 

<-An 8nglish ^Trains 

Soon we walk down the gang plank. 

We are glad to be on land again. 

We wave good-bye to the boat. It is a nice boat. 

A tall policeman with a high hat stands 
on the wharf. 

He shows us the way to the station. 

We are to take the train. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Is that our train with the funny little cars? 
Yes. There are seats inside the rooms. 

The rooms open with side doors 
next to the platform. 

The train has red cushioned seats. 

It doesn’t make any noise. It goes "puff-puff.” 

Qreen Fields 

We ride along. There are many, 
many green fields. 

What beautiful trees! 

We ride for hours. 

We go through a long tunnel. 

The conductor lights the lamps. 

Outside it is as black as night. 

Father says we are under the Severn River. 

Now we are in Wales. 

The country where grandmother lives. 



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Are the fields green? Yes, very, 
like green lawns. 

There are hills and hills. 

When we pass through towns we can see 
the houses are of stone. 

Does grandmother live in a city? No. 

She lives in a small town. 

We will soon be there. 

( 3Ke White Horses 

What is that on the hill? 

It looks like a very large horse. 

The white horse is outlined 
against the green hills. 

It is a horse carved out of the chalk 
on the hillside. 

The carving was done hundreds of years ago. 

I would like to go to that hillside. 

I want to see how big that horse is. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 



Sloe Welcome 

Rees: 

Here is our station. 

Mother: 

There is my Mother. How white 
her hair is! 

Gwen: 

Goody! Goody! There are Tudor 
and Dilys. 

Rees: 

You look just like your pictures. 

Gwen: 

We have been so excited. 

Rees: 

Grandmother, we are all happy 
to be here. 

Grand¬ 

I know you are, dear. Let me kiss you 

mother: 

again. I am glad to see my darling 
grandchildren. 


They all talk at once. They ask many questions. 





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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 



HToe Houses 

Gwen: What a narrow street! 

Rees: The houses are all alike. 

Gwen: They are all joined together. 

Tudor: Are they all like that in America? 
Rees: No. Every house is different. 

Gwen: How do you know which is your 
house? They all look the same. 




































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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 



“How do you know which is your house?” 


Dilys: By the name of the house. Here we 

are now. "Y. Garth.” 

Rees: How do you pronounce that "Y”? 

Tudor: Y is pronounced like e in me. 

Gwen: What does the name mean? 

Tudor: It means "The Hill.” We live at 
The Hill. 

Rees: See the knocker? The brass shines like 
































































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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


T hin "Bread and "Butter 

Now they have tea. 

Everything is ready. 

The pretty tea dishes are on the table. 

Here is a large plate of thin bread and butter. 

How hungry the children are! 

A bright colored tea cozy is over the tea pot. 

It keeps the tea very hot. 

Rees and Gwen have never tasted such tea. 

In Wales bread is spread before being brought 
to the table. 

Tea is poured for everyone. 

Rees and Gwen have never tasted such tea. 
They have some now with plenty of milk. 

The oatmeal cakes are good. 

How good the fruit gelatine is! 





Tea is poured for everyone 


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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


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Grandmother’s home is quaint. 

The children love to visit her. She is glad 
to see them. 

The room has a cheery fire in the fireplace. 

The kettle sings on the hob. 

"The kettle is boiling,” Gwen says. 

Grandmother takes the kettle off. She sets it on 
the little brass stand in front of the fire. 

The red coals crackle and glow. 

The brass fender and fire irons are as bright 
as the brass knockers. 

Gwen: What makes the brass shine so? 

Tudor: It is polished every day. 






The door-yards are filled with flowers 


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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Feather 'Beds 

Dilys: Gwen, you are to sleep with me. 

Tudor: And you are to sleep with me, Rees. 
Gwen: How soft the bed is! 

Dilys: Yes. It has a feather mattress. 

Tudor: Don’t you have a feather bed at 
home? 

Rees: No. It would be too hot for us. 



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Rees: 

< 3Jfe %ooks 

Look out the window, Gwen. 

Gwen: 

What a lot of chimneys. I never saw 

Tudor: 

so many. 

The rooks like to sit on them. A rook 

Dilys: 

is a kind of crow. It is as black as 
your hat. 

Last week we found clothes pins in 

Gwen: 

our fireplace up stairs. 

Where did they come from? 

Dilys: 

The rooks picked them up from the 

Rees: 

yard. They thought they were good 
to eat. 

Did they drop them down the chim¬ 

Tudor: 

neys? 

Yes. They let them fall from their 


beaks. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


r~A Walk to Towjl^ 

The next day we went for a walk. 

We walked down the winding street. 

We crossed a stone bridge over the river. 

The bridge is humped up in the middle. 

It looks like a cat’s back. 

We crossed over the railway track 
on a wooden bridge. 

Gwen asked, "Why do we have to climb 
up here?” 

Tudor: So we can cross the tracks without be¬ 
ing afraid of the train. 

Rees: I wish they had these at home. Then 

I wouldn’t be afraid to cross over the 
tracks. See the engine smoke! It 
comes up between the boards of the 
bridge. 






We crossed a stone bridge over the river 


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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Woe Shops 

The children are interested in the shops. 

The "iron-monger” is a hardware merchant. 

He sells pots and pans, and nails and screws. 

The "green-grocer” sells vegetables and fruit. 

See the beautiful apples. How red they are! 

The sign says "Fine Dessert.” Let us take some 
home. There are cabbages, carrots 
and turnips. 

The "bootery” has shoes and boots for sale. 

A string of baby shoes is hanging 
in the doorway. 

Mother will go to the "drapery” to buy 
Gwen a dress. 

Gwen is fond of blue. She will have socks 
to match. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Coal Mining 

Gwen: Oh, see the men with their black 

faces. 

Rees: Where have they been to get so dirty? 

T udor: They are miners who work in the coal 
mines. 

Gwen: What is a mine? 

Tudor: Father says it is a tunnel under the 
ground where men dig coal. The 
miners dig coal out of the ground for 
us to burn. 

Dilys: If they did not work in the mines we 

would have no coal. 

We could not cook. 

The house could not be kept warm in 


winter. 



THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Gwen: 


Rees: 


The horse-cart brings the coal to our 
door. 

I remember seeing the coal-carts. 

They have only two wheels. 

How do the men get down under the 
ground? 

Tudor: An elevator takes them down a long, 
dark shaft. 

Are they afraid to go? 

No. They go every day. 

The coal is loaded on little cars. 

The coal elevator brings the full cars 
to the top. 

Coal is shipped from Wales to all 
parts of the world. 

Some is carried by boat to America. 
Maybe you burn some of it at home. 


Gwen: 

Tudor: 


Dilys: 



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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Woe (fame of CrickeL> 

Gwen: What a lovely flat field on this hill¬ 

side! 

Dilys: Those boys and girls are playing 

cricket. 

Rees: Let us watch them. 

The cricket bat is flat and not round 
like our baseball bat. 

Cricket balls are larger than baseballs. 

Tudor: The wickets, three sticks standing in 
a row, are on both ends of the field. 
Two short sticks lie crosswise on top 
of each wicket. 

Dilys: The bowler bowls the ball and tries to 

hit the foot of the wicket. 



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The batter stands in front of the 
wicket. 

He bats the ball when it is thrown. 
Tudor: Sometimes he bats it far into the field. 

Then he tries to run to the opposite 
wicket and back. 

Dilys: If the ball is caught before he gets 

back he is counted out. 

Rees: It is something like baseball, isn’t it? 

Tudor: I do not know. I have never seen 

that game. 

Rees: In baseball there are nine players on 

each side. 

Tudor: A cricket team has eleven players. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


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Dilys: 

We must hurry home. It is starting 

to rain. 

Gwen: 

Mother was right when she told us to 
bring our rain coats. 

It rains often here, doesn’t it? 

Dilys: 

Yes. That is why our fields are al¬ 
ways green. 

Gwen: 

Are they green in winter, too? 

Dilys: 

Yes. Do you not think them beau¬ 
tiful? 

Gwen: 

I love the green fields. I think they 
are lovely. 

I love the green hedges along the 
roads. 




THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 55 


TJoe Town-Crier 


Rees: 

Who is calling in the street? 

Tudor: 

It is the town-crier. 

Rees: 

What is the town-crier saying? 

Tudor: 

He is telling about a meeting in the 
Workmen’s Hall. 

Rees: 

Where is he going? 

Tudor: 

He will go all over the town to cry 
out the news. 

Rees: 

Why don’t they tell about the meet¬ 
ing in the papers? 

Tudor: 

The news about the meeting came too 
late. 

Rees: 

Are there town-criers in the cities? 

Tudor: 

No. They are only in the small 


towns. 




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Wimberries and Heather 

Gwen: Let us go for a walk over the moor. 

Dilys: We will follow this path. 

Maybe we will find some wimberries. 

Gwen: What are they? 

Dilys: They are blue berries. They grow on 

low bushes near the ground. 

Gwen: Are they good to eat? 

Dilys: Yes. If we find plenty we may have 

apple and wimberry tart for tea. See 
the heather is in bloom. Isn’t it 
pretty? 

Gwen: Yes. The flowers are like purple bells 

along the stem. 

Dilys: The whole hillside looks reddish 

purple. 




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Gwen: Let us gather a bunch of heather for 

Mother. She will remember picking 
it when she was a little girl. 

Dilys: Here are some lovely buttercups. 

Gwen: Let us see if you like butter. 

Dilys: How can you tell? 

Gwen: I will hold it under your chin. 

Yes. You do like butter. Your chin 
looks yellow. 

Dilys: Let us pick some foxgloves. 

It is such fun to pop them. 

Did you ever hear this old rhyme? 
"The foxglove that Tom stays 
to pop 

Though his mother has sent 
him for bread to the shop.” 
Gwen: No. I never heard that rhyme before. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Woe View from the Hill 


Rees: 

We can look down from this hill to 

the town below. 

Dilys: 

Yes. There is our house at the end 

of the street. 

Rees: 

How many houses there are all alike! 

Gwen: 

I can see the bridge and the river. 

Rees: 

The valley is very narrow. It is not 
far to the other side. 

Tudor: 

Can you count those sheep on the 
hill over there? 

Rees: 

Yes. There are seven, eight, nine. 

Gwen: 

It is fun to point out what we can see. 

Dilys: 

We can see the school-house and two 

churches. 

Gwen: 

The houses are in long rows. 



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Rees: What is that tall black tower? 

Tudor: That is the shaft where the miners go 
down into the pit (coal mine). That 
line of cars is filled with coal. 

Gwen: The breeze is blowing through my 

hair. 

Dilys: Your hair looks red in the sun, Gwen. 

Gwen: Tudor’s hair is black and curly. 










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THE Lx fTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Taffy was a Welshman^ 

Rees: I know a rhyme about a Welshman. 

Tudor: What is it? Tell it to me. 

Rees: "Taffy was a Welshman, 

Taffy was a thief, 

Taffy came to my house 
And stole a leg of beef.” 

Tudor: Who ever heard such a verse? I will 
teach you the right way to say it. 
"Taffy is a Welshman, 

Taffy is not a thief, 

Taffy’s mutton is very good, 

Not so good his beef.” 




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61 


o 4. Jjttle 'Tink Houses 

Rees and Gwendolyn and their cousins visit 
a farm house. 

The farm-house roof is thatched with straw. 
Rees: Look, the house looks as if it just 

had a hair-cut. 

The windows look like eyes. 

The whole house looks like a face. 
The house is pink. It looks like 
a story book house. 

Mrs. Jones: Won’t you come in to tea? Indeed 
I am glad to see you. 

Sit up by the fire. 

Dilys: Mam (Mother) says she would 

like to buy a small cheese. 

I can spare her one. You will en¬ 
joy it toasted for breakfast. It 
weighs five pounds. Can you 
carry it? 


Mrs. Jones: 



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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Gwen: Yes, we will take turns. 

Mrs. Jones: Make a nice tea with the thin 
bread and butter and round cakes. 
Be sure to eat the crusts of the 
bread. They will make your hair 
curly. 

Gwen: Mother has always told us that. 

She tells us that eating carrots 
makes rosy cheeks. 

Rees and Gwen look about the farm-house 
kitchen. 

Their mother will ask them about the house 
when they get home. 

A grandfather clock is near the corner. 

There are pretty blue cups 
upon the Welsh dresser. 

Blue plates stand up on the shelves. 

Shining brass candle-sticks are on the mantel. 
Brass fire-irons rest on the fender 
before the fire-place. 







The whole house looks like a face 








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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


A bright flower is in a pot on the window-sill. 
Everything looks clean and comfortable. 


Two Thirds Flying High 

Mrs. Jones showed the children 
some old Willow ware plates. 

Mrs. Jones: Do you know the story of this 
pattern? 

Rees: No. Please tell it to us. 

Mrs. Jones pointed out the picture on the plate 
and repeated the rhyme. 

"Two birds, flying high, 

Little boat passing by, 

Here’s the bridge with wil¬ 
low over, 

Three men crossing over. 





Mrs. Jones told them the story of the pattern 


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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Here’s the tree with apples 
on; 

There’s the path goes down 
the lawn. 

Here’s the tree that looks so 
handsome, 

There’s the castle; here’s 
the mansion.” 

Gwen: Oh, isn’t that interesting? We are 

glad you told us. 

We will surprise Mother when we 
get home. 

We’ll tell her the story. 

We have some Willow plates but 
they are not as old as yours. 


Dilys: 



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<JWrs. Jones, the Farms 

Rees: Mother, isn’t it funny? The woman 

we visited to-day is called Mrs. Jones, 
the Farm. 

Mother: Yes, that is odd but you understand, 
do you not? 

Rees: No. Why do they call her that? 

Mother: Indeed to goodness! Wales has so 
many families of the same name. We 
have to add something to the family 
name to tell one from the other. 

Rees: Tell me how. 

Mother: Mrs. Davies, the Mill, is Mrs. Davies 
who lives by the mill. 

Mrs. Davies, the Shop, is the shop- 



68 THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 

Rees: Who is Mr. James, the Ocean? Does 

he live in the Ocean? 

Mother: Now you are a tease. Mr. James, the 
Ocean, is manager of the Ocean Col¬ 
liery (coal mine). 

Rees: When I go home I am going to call 

myself Rees Jenkins, the Wales, be¬ 
cause I have been to Wales. 

The children laughed together 
over the strange custom. 



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< 3Tfe £and of Qastles 

Tudor: Did you ever see a castle before? 

Rees: No. That is why I am glad to see this 

one. 

What high stone walls! 

Tudor: Yes. They are very pretty when they 
are overgrown with ivy. 

Let us go up the steps. 

Rees: This winding passage is dark. The 

windows are very narrow. 

Tudor: We can look down from this balcony 
here into the old court-yard. 

Rees: Do you think knights used to ride 

there on horseback? 

Tudor: I think so. I have seen pictures of 
them. 

I have seen pictures of guards walk¬ 
ing on walls like that. 

Rees: They were soldiers guarding the castle. 

I wonder if they were afraid. 




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v . y ' U » ^ ' B 1 ' »■ " 1 » l “ l 1 •*’ * »' ' I' "T 1 


Eagle Tower, Carnarvon Castle 

Tudor: Maybe they were but they were very 
brave. 

When I get home I am going to build 
a castle. 

It will have towers and turrets. 

Rees: Let’s line up a parade of soldiers 

marching in front. 

Yes. We’ll put a few guards on top 
too. 



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Castle %uins 

The children tell their father of their visit 
to the castle. 

He tells them something of castles. 

Wales is called the land of castles. 

Some old castles have fallen in ruins. 

Some of them are still standing 

and have been lived in for hundreds of years. 
Many castles are built overlooking the sea. 
Others are on hill-tops 

overlooking fertile valleys. 

Long ago knights and ladies lived 
in these castles. 

Sometimes the knights rode off to war. 

They wore helmets and armor. 

Rees and Gwen have seen many castles. 

All of the castles are hundreds of years old. 
Some of them are as beautiful now 
as when they were first built. Others 
are breaking down. 




72 THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 



The walls have tumbled down. 

The roofs have fallen in. 

Ivy climbs over the stones. 

Flowers bloom in the cracks of the walls. 

Grass grows now 

where the banquet hall used to be. 

Knights and ladies are no longer there. 

No lovely ladies look down from the balcony. 
No courtly knight climbs the winding stairway. 
No bright swords gleam in the sun. 

Rooks now fly about the turrets and towers. 
The old days of fighting are gone. 


















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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Woe Tttack 'Prince^ 

Father told the children a story. 

A long time ago there was a prince. 

He was the son of Edward the Third, 

King of England. 

He wore black armor. 

His people called him "The Black Prince.” 

Woe ' Pasture. 

One day the children walked 
through the pasture. 

Horses and cows were grazing. 

There was enough grass for all. 

Geese and ducks swam about in a pool. 
They waddled out of the water. 

They shook their tails to dry the feathers. 
The geese hissed when a horse came near. 
The ducks went, "Quack! quack!” 



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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Singing School 

Tudor: Would you like to go to singing 
school? 

Rees: Yes, we would like to go. 

Dilys: We go every Sabbath after evening 

service. 

We are going to practice to-night. 
There are three songs to learn for the 
concert. 

Tudor: Remember, we have a festival next 
month. 

We have a big one in August every 
year. 

Rees: How jolly! I love to sing. 

Dilys: I do too; the songs are beautiful. 

Tudor: Mam used to go to singing school 
when she was a girl. 

She and Father still sing in the choir. 




THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


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Dilys: I can hardly wait until it is time to go. 

Many evenings the children sang 
to their hearts’ content. 

They were very happy to learn to sing. 


( 3J5e IS^ational Song Festival 

Gwen and Rees are going with Tudor 

and Dilys to the National Song Festival. 
(Eisteddfod.) 

The festival lasts a week. 

There are contests in music, and poetry, 
and handwork. 

There are children’s choruses. 

The children sing lovely songs. 

They practice for many months 
so that they will do well. 

Thousands of people attend the festival. 

It is called the Eisteddfod. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Welsh people come from all over the world 
to enjoy the music. 

Tudor and Dilys will sing a duet. 

They may win a prize. 

Grandmother will be very proud. 

Will "Dilys Win a "Prize? 

Dilys is making a cover for the tea cozy. 

The cover is made of linen. 

It can be easily washed. 

It will be a beautiful present for her mother. 

Her mother’s birthday is in September. 

The cozy cover will be sent to the Song Festival 
in August. 

All the schools send the best handwork done 
by the pupils. 

There will be an exhibit of handwork. 

Lovely laces and embroideries will be shown 
there. 



THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


77 


Last year Dilys hemstitched a tea-cloth. 

It was the finest piece of work done by girls 
under ten. 

Dilys won a prize. 

She was happy to receive the silver medal. 
Do you think she will win another? 

Yes. She has worked very hard. 

Woe Qala Week in Wales 

It is August. It is the Gala Week in Wales. 
The festival town is decorated. 

The streets are gay with flags. 

Thousands of people are everywhere. 



to seat the audience. 

Flags are hung over the stage. 

The great hall is crowded with people. 
They have come to hear the singing. 
They enjoy good music. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Fathers and mothers like to hear their children 
sing and play. 

Dilys and Tudor win the prize 
for the best children’s duet. 

Violin and piano solos are on the program. 

There are many kinds of music. 

Programs are given every day. 

When the music stops the crowd cheers. 

All the people clap their hands. 

Sometimes they all stand up and men throw 
their hats into the air. 

The people are very happy over the lovely music. 

Each day when the program ends 
the national song of Wales is sung. 

In America everyone sings 
"The Star-Spangled Banner.” 

In Wales everyone sings, 

"O, Land of my fathers, the land of the free, 
The home of the harp so soothing to me. 



























































































































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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Thy noble defenders were gallant and 
brave, 

For freedom their heart’s life they gave.” 

It is a beautiful song and the Welsh people love 
to sing it. 

They love Wales as Americans love America. 

Ufie r iPrince of Wales 


Rees: 

Who is the King of Wales? 

Tudor: 

The King of England rules over 
Wales. 

Dilys: 

He rules over Scotland and Ire¬ 
land, too. 

Tudor: 

The oldest son of the King of 
England is the Prince of Wales. 

Rees: 

The Prince of Wales is very 
popular, isn’t he? 

His people love him. 

Tudor: 

Yes, some day the Prince will be 
King. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


me Welsh Flag 

Rees: Mother, to-day we saw a flag 

with a red dragon on it. 

Mrs. Jenkins: Yes, dear, that is the flag of 
(Rees’s Mother) w a [ es> 

Rees: Our American flag has stars and 

stripes. 

Tudor: What does your flag mean? 

Mrs. Jenkins: The red stripes are for the thir¬ 
teen states that there were in the 
beginning. 

The white stars are for the states 
that there are now. 

T udor: How interesting! 

Mam, please tell our American 
cousins about our flag. 

Our flag is blue. The winged 
dragon is red. 


Mam: 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


He has wide wings and a pointed 
tail. 

His claws have three toes. 

There is an old, old story about 
him. 

Long, long ago there were two 
dragons. 

One dragon was white. The 
other dragon was red. 

A wise man said the red one is 
Wales. 

The white dragon is an enemy 
of Wales. 

The dragons fought together. 
The white dragon was killed by 
the red dragon. 

Since that time the red dragon 
has been used on the Welsh flag. 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Woe Welsh Qostume. 

Gwen: Please dress up in your Welsh cos¬ 
tume, Dilys. 

We want to see what you look like. 
Dilys: Grandmother made my costume for 

me when I was in a Welsh play. 

These dresses are not worn now. 

Gwen: What a wide, full skirt. 

It’s wool, isn’t it? 

Dilys: My bodice comes down over my waist 

line. 

This long front part must be held back 
so I won’t get it soiled. 

My checked woolen apron covers the 
front of my skirt. 

This little shawl with fringe goes over 
my shoulders. 



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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


1' ■»» » f **• . . . I ff ■!■ ■>■ 

Gwen: What is the cap for? 

Dilys: The frilly white cap goes on my head 

first under my high silk hat. 

Gwen: What an odd hat! How shiny it is! 
Dilys: Yes. It is a beaver hat. 

It has to be brushed carefully, the right 
way. 

Gwen: How strange it looks to have a cap and 
a hat on at once. 

What would you wear if you went out 
in the rain? 

Dilys: I would wear a big shawl. 

It would keep me nice and warm. 
Haven’t you seen the women here 
wrapping themselves up in their 
shawls? 

Gwen: Yes. I have seen them wrap them 
around their babies, too. 





Grandmother made my costume for a play 



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Dilys: 

THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 

This is my robin suit that I wore once 


at a Christmas party. 

Gwen: 

You look like a bird. 

Dilys: 

Yes. I can flap my wings. 


The peak of my cap looks like a beak. 


r^At the "Beach 

Rees and Gwen visit a beautiful summer resort. 
(Llandudno, North Wales.) 

They live in a hotel near the blue bay. 

Rees and Tudor and Dilys go in bathing 
in the surf. 

They jump up and down in the shallow water. 

Gwen sits on the warm sand and builds sand 
houses. 

First, she piles up a mound of sand. 

Then she pats it with her hands to make it firm. 
She digs a hole on either side for door ways. 





Rees and Gwen visit the beach at Llandudno 


With a stick she smooths off a flat place 
at the top like a porch. 

She makes steps from the porch 
all the way down to the bottom. 

What a wonderful house it is! 

Rees and Tudor come running to see 
what she has made. 

Rees: Now I want to make something. 

I’m going to build a dam. 

He digs a deep hole and piles the sand up 
on all sides. 










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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Tudor: Oh, see the waves come dashing in. 
There is a big wave now. 

If the water comes just a little higher 
it will fill the hole. 

Rees: That one didn’t come quite far 
enough. 

This one will. 

Hurrah! How funny it feels when the 
water comes bubbling in over my toes! 
He is delighted. He watches the foamy water 
sink into the sand. 

Snowdons 

Tudor: To-morrow we are going to Mt. 
Snowdon. 

Rees: Where is Snowdon? 

Dilys: It is the most wonderful mountain in 
Wales. 




THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


89 


It is very high. 

Rees: Is it very far away from here? 

Tudor: Yes. We have to ride several hours on 
the bus. 

Then we take the train up the moun¬ 
tain. 

We are to start early in the morning. 

Next morning the children climb 
into the motor bus. 

The seats are very wide. 

The bus holds thirty-six people. 

The four children and Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins 
sit in a row. 

What a happy party! 

They ride for hours over good roads. 

There are flat green fields bordered by hedges. 

Tall trees are on either side as the road winds 
into the hills. 




90 THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 



Harlech Castle 


On the Way 

The bus passes castle ruins 
and quaint little towns. 

The towns have narrow winding streets. 

The stone houses have slate roofs. 

Bright flowers bloom in the door yards. 

The party stops for dinner. 

Everyone is hungry. 






























the little travelers in wales 


91 


Roast mutton, with potatoes and gravy 
make a good meal. 

The children like the apple tart, too. 

“SBe Tuff Tuff” 

After dinner the party takes the train 
for Snowdon. 

The cars are built for mountain climbing. 

The little engine puffs and puffs. 

The railway is very steep. 

The engine runs along the edge 
of deep rocky passes. 

Gwen says she is afraid to look down. 

The Puff Puff climbs and climbs. 

After an hour and a half of riding 

the party reaches the top of the mountain. 

American children call an engine a Choo Choo. 

To Welsh children an engine is a Puff Puff. 



92 THE 

LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 

tJMt. Snowdon^ 

All: 

Oh, see the lakes down there be¬ 
low us. 

Gwen: 

Let us count them. 

Rees: 

I see five, six, seven. 

Tudor: 

There are fourteen, fifteen, six¬ 
teen. 

Dilys: 

There are eighteen, nineteen, 
twenty. 

Mrs. Jenkins: 

When I was here years ago this 
mountain top was covered with 
fog. 

Father: 

It often rains up here. 

How the wind blows even on 
this fine day. 

Mrs. Jenkins: 

We had better put on our coats. 
It is getting cold. 




THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 93 


Tudor: 

See the fog coming in over the 

water. 

Is that the ocean out there? 

Father: 

Yes, it is the Irish Sea. 

Mrs. Jenkins: 

I do not want to leave this beau¬ 
tiful view. 

It is the finest in Wales. 

Rees: 

There goes the bell. 

We must get on the train. 

Father: 

There is room for us all on this 

Rees: 

Father: 

seat. 

Why does the train go so slowly? 
The train must be very careful. 
The mountain is very steep. 


Mrs. Jenkins: How happy I am to have the 
children see wonderful old 
Snowdon! 



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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 



Qelert’s QravGj 

Tudor: 

This is the Valley of Bethgelert. 

Gwen: 

What does that mean? 

Dilys: 

It means the valley of Gelert’s grave. 

Rees: 

Who was Gelert? 

Tudor: 

Don’t you remember? He was a won¬ 
derful dog. 

He belonged to Prince Llewellyn. 

Rees: 

Tell us about him. 

Tudor: 

Prince Llewellyn went hunting. 

When he came home he found his dog 
with his mouth covered with blood. 

Rees: 

What had Gelert been doing? 

Tudor: 

The Prince found his baby’s cradle 
turned over. 

The baby was gone! 

Rees: 

Did the Prince kill the dog? 



THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


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Prince Llewellyn’s cottage 


Tudor: Yes. Then the baby woke up and 
cried. 

Rees: What had happened? 

Tudor: The baby was under the cradle. 

Near the baby was a dead wolf. 

Rees: Had Gelert killed the wolf? 

Tudor: Yes. He saved the baby’s life. 

Rees: He was a brave dog. 

Tudor: He is buried under this beautiful ash 
tree. 

Rees: Was Llewellyn a Prince of Wales? 

Tudor: Yes. He lived a long time ago. 













































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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Woolly Sheep 

Tudor: This is the great Ormes Head. (A 
point of land near Llandudno, North 
Wales.) 

Rees: Let us walk along the cliff above the 

sea. 

Tudor: See the gray rocks by the road! 

Rees: Look! They are not rocks. I saw one 

move. 

Tudor: No! I see now that they are sheep 
lying down. 

Rees: How quiet they are! Their wool is just 

the color of the stones. 

Tudor: They are eating the grass at the very 
edge of the cliff. 

Rees: I should think they would slip and fall 

over the cliff. 

Tudor: Sheep are very sure footed. 




We will walk along the cliffs 

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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


Dilys: What darling little lambs. 

What funny tails. 

Tudor: Look at them kick up their heels. 
Dilys: They move quickly. 

Tudor: That is what makes Mam say "Two 
shakes of a lamb’s tail” when she 
wants us to hurry. 

Dilys: There are many sheep in Wales. Their 

wool is so soft. 

Tudor: It is made into clothes. 

It is used for making blankets, too. 
Some of the sheep are sold for meat. 
Dilys: Welsh mutton is very good. 

We often have roast leg of lamb. 

We always have mint sauce with it. 
Tudor: At Christmas we have duck, goose, or 
turkey. 




THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


*/(m Writes a J^etter to His o Aunt 
in c America l_> 

Dear Auntie: 

We wish you were here with us! You would like 
seeing the castles. We have seen many of them. 
You would like the beautiful beach and the pier 
where the band plays. We have been on many 
walks. Gwen is happy over the wild flowers. She 
has pressed some to bring home. 

We have visited the place where Alice in Won¬ 
derland was written. It is by the sea not far from 
Conway Castle. 

We went by train to Snowdon. Snowdon is like 
our high mountains at home. We will tell you all 
about our trip when we get back. 

Good-bye now whatever. 

(This is what the peope here always say.) 

Your loving nephew, 
Rees. 



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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


^All Hallow’s 8 v(Lj 

Tudor: What do you think we are going to do 
to-night? 

Gwen: I don’t know. 

Tudor: Can’t you guess? This is October 31 st. 

Rees: Oh, I know. We are going to bob 

for apples. 

Tudor: Yes, it is All Hallow’s Eve. 

Dilys: Goody, goody, Mam. Will you put 
some money in the water, too? 

Mam: Yes, dear, I shall when I fill the tub. 

Tudor: Last year I got three apples and a six¬ 
pence. 

Rees: Did you get your hair wet? 

Tudor: I did, a little, but Mam had towels 
ready to dry it. 




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101 


Gwen: Why is to-night called All Hallow’s 
Eve? 

We call it Hallowe’en, at home. 

Mam: Both names mean the same. 

October thirty-first is the evening be¬ 
fore All Saints Day. 

It is the night of witches and imps and 
ghosts. 

They are said to fly about on brooms. 
Gwen: Do they really fly? 

Mam: No, of course not. Long ago people 
thought they did. 

We do not believe in witches now. 





102 THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 

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£7Z?<? tJMarkeLj 

Look at the piles of fruit cakes on the counter! 
Those cakes have lots of raisins. 

We walked about to see all the things for sale. 
There is one counter with many kinds of cheese! 
The pale Welsh cheese is very good. 

The fish market has many kinds of fish. 

Some are white. Salmon is pink. 

There are pink shrimps and cockles. 




, , ... - _ ™ E little travelers IN WALES 103 

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The Cockle Woman is calling in the street 

Woe C oc kl e Womans 

"Cockles, fresh cockles, will you buy 
my fine cockles?” 

The Cockle Woman is calling in the street. 





















































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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


She has a basket on her head. 

She walks very straight. 

She must not let the basket fall. 

Cockles are shell fish. 

They are good to eat. 

They are sold with their shells on. 

Then they are boiled and taken out 
of their shells. 

The shells are like fans. 

Two fans are joined together 
Cockles come from the seashore. 

Mary used cockle shells in her garden. 
Remember? 

"Mary, Mary quite contrary, 

How does your garden grow? 
With cockle shells and silver bells 
And pretty maids all in a row.” 



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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


r_Away o At School 

Tudor has gone away to school. 

He is eleven years old. 

It is his first time away from home. 

He is glad to be with the boys of his own age. 
They have good times together. 

He is homesick sometimes. 

He likes to come home for the holidays. 

He will come next month for Christmas. 

Last week was his birthday. 

His Mother sent him a "tuck” box. 

She filled it with fruit cake, round cakes 
and sweets. 

How happy he was to receive it! 




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THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


'Dilys Studies Her Wessons 

Dilys is studying her lessons. 

She talks about them 

with her American cousins. 

Does she learn Welsh in school? 

Yes, she studies Welsh and English. 

Gwen thinks Welsh is hard to say. 

There are many "11’s” "w’s” and 
"dd’s.” 

Let us look with Dilys on the map of Wales. 
Many town names begin with "llan.” 

What does "llan” mean? 

"Llan” means church. 




THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 107 

' l 1 ■> ' < || Ilf H I ||| 

Many towns are named after churches. 

Rees: I would like to be able to speak Welsh. 

Tell me how you say good-night. 

Dilys: Nos da. 

Rees: What does Crag y nos mean? 

Dilys: That means "hill of night.” 

Gwen: We saw the wonderful castle of Crag 
y nos. 

It is a hospital now. 

Dilys: Do you remember that black hill 
near by? 

Rees: Yes. 

Dilys: That is why the castle is called 
the hill of night, Crag y nos. 



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Father: In America we often hear of Welsh 
Rabbit. 


Rees: I haven’t seen one since I have been 

here. 

Tudor: Ha! Ha! Welsh Rabbit is not an 
animal. 

It hasn’t any ears or legs. 

Gwen: How is that? I thought all rabbits 

were animals. 

Tudor: They are, but Welsh Rabbit isn’t a real 
rabbit at all. 







THE LITTLE TRAVELERS IN WALES 


109 


Father: It is a name for something good to eat. 
It is made of cheese. 

The cheese is melted and flavored and 
poured over toast. 

Rees: But cheese isn’t rabbit. 

Father: Don’t you know that corned beef and 
cabbage is called "Irish Turkey”? It 
isn’t turkey at all. 

Rees: Now I understand. Welsh Rabbit is 

only a nickname. 


"Plum ^Puddings 

Dilys: It will soon be Christmas. 

Tudor: Mam is going to make plum 

pudding. 

May we help? 


Dilys: 




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Mrs. Evans: 
Dilys: 

Mrs. Evans: 


Gwen: 

Tudor: 

Mrs. Evans: 


Tudor: 


Yes, you may crack the walnuts. 
Be careful to pick out all the 
shells. 

Gwendolyn may beat the eggs 
when I break them into a bowl. 
The raisins must be seeded and 
washed. 

Are you fond of plum puddings? 
My word yes! We always have 
them at Christmas. 

Now the pudding mixture is all 
ready. 

I have put in the flour, raisins, 
currants, citron, eggs, nuts and 
spices. 

Are you going to put in some 
money when you stir it? 




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Mrs. Evans: Yes. Some of our friends will 
come in and have a "stir,” too. 


Dilys: 

Father will put in a shilling and a 
sixpence. 

Mrs. Evans: 

I will put in two or three penny 
bits. 

Mrs. Llewellyn will put in another 
three pence. 

Gwen: 

May I put in a nickel if I wash it 
clean? 

Rees: 

I want to put in a dime. 

Maybe the one who finds Ameri¬ 
can money in his piece will come 
to America. 

Gwen: 

We hope that Dilys and Tudor 
will find it. 

Dilys: 

How many puddings will there 
be in all? 




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Mrs. Evans: 
Gwen: 

Mrs. Evans: 


Gwen: 

Mrs. Evans: 


Fourteen, I think. 

That is a great many! 

We boil them in small bowls. 
There is enough in each bowl for 
one serving for the family. 

The bowls of pudding are tied in 
cloth. 

They are boiled for five hours. 
They will keep until Christmas. 
It is lots of work to make pud¬ 
dings. 

Quite so! Now children you have 
been very good to help. 

Go for a walk and be back for tea. 


tJMince Ties 

Gwen: Oh, what darling pies! 

Rees: Did Margaret Anne make them for 

us children? 




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Tudor: She made them for all of us. 

Rees: But they are so small. 

Gwen: They are like the tarts that Dinah 
makes for us for our play tea parties. 
Tudor: Yes. We always have them like these. 

What you call a pie we call a tart. 
Gwen: That is very odd. You call them dif¬ 
ferent names from what we do. 

Rees: Yes. And you have four meals a day 

here in Wales. 

Tudor: We have breakfast, dinner, tea and 
supper. 

We have supper at nine o’clock. 

We children often go to bed before 
then. 

Rees: We only have three meals a day in 

America. 

We have breakfast, luncheon and 
dinner. 




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The children go for a walk to gather holly 


Holly 'Berries and Hedges 

The children go for a walk to gather holly. 
The holly grows in hedges along the roads. 
The red berries shine. 

The green leaves are prickly along the edges. 
Be careful of the prickles! 













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The children will hang wreaths of holly 
in the windows. 

Their mothers and fathers will be pleased. 

Their grandmother may give them red ribbons 
to tie in pretty bows on the wreaths. 

The hedges in Wales separate the fields. 

They border the roads. 

The Welsh people never have fences as we do 
in America. 

They always have beautiful hedges. 

There are flowers on the hedges in the spring. 

It is very lovely when the hedges are in bloom. 

In the winter there are red holly 
and red hawthorn berries. 




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Cardiff 

Tudor: See all those wonderful cakes in the 
window! 

They look as if they were covered with 
snow. 

Dilys: Ah! The wee robin! Isn’t he darling? 
Rees: Many of the cakes have robins on top. 

Tudor: The plum puddings have holly berries. 
Rees: How many windows full of toys we 

have seen! 

Dilys: How bonny they are! 

Gwen: Oh, I am glad we came to Cardiff at 
Christmas time. 



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Cardiff is a large city. 

There are tram cars, busses, and motor cars. 

Many people are on the streets. 

Some of them have come to shop. 

Others have come to see the Prince of Wales. 

He has come from London to review 
the Welsh Boy Scouts. 

The scouts are happy to have the Prince 
praise them. 

They march proudly along the street 
near the castle. 

The castle is old and beautiful. 

It has a high clock tower and strong stone walls. 







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Christmas iJVlorning 

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! 

Tudor and Rees were down stairs first. 
Gwendolyn and Dilys followed shortly after. 
The ground was covered with snow. 

It must have snowed in the night. 

Santa Claus could use his sleigh. 

Gwen: Goody! Goody! Santa Claus brought 
me a doll. 

Tudor: Gwen, what do you suppose this is? 
Gwen: Unwrap it quickly. I want to see. 
Tudor: It is a toy theatre. 

Gwen: See the stage and everything. 

Here are the actors. Isn’t it darling? 




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Rees: Here is a knife for me. 

I lost my other knife that day we 
picked the holly. 

Gwen: Here are drums, and horns, shoes and 
mufflers, and gloves and all kinds of 
things. 

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(joing to Church 

The children get ready to go 
with all the family to church. 

Everyone who is able goes to church or chapel 
on Christmas. 

Welsh people are faithful in going 
to church on Sunday. 

They have beautiful music. 

The people sing well. 

The Welsh people love to sing hymns. 

Last night they sang Christmas carols 
in the street. 

The singers will come again tonight. 

The children have had a happy Christmas. 



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Cfood-Bye to Wales 

Rees and Gwen will be sorry to leave Wales. 

Everyone has been very kind. 

People have been good 
to the American children. 

The children will miss walking over the moors. 

They will miss their visits to the farm houses. 

They do not want to leave 
their little Welsh friends. 

Singing school time has been the best part 
of the week. 

Rees and Gwen have seen wonderful castles. 

It will be fun to read about them in Books. 

They will tell their American friends about the 
green, green hills, the purple heather, and 
the thatched pink houses. 

How beautiful is Wales, 

and how kind are the people! 

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Suggestions for the Study 



I. Industrial and fine arts. 

1. Typical Welsh scene on the sand table. 

a. Represent mountains, lowlands, lakes, rivers. 

b. Construct homes, castles, mines. 

c. Model animals for farm, sheep, cows, dogs, 
geese. 

d. Dress dolls, or clothes pins in Welsh cos¬ 
tume. 

2. Construct interior Welsh kitchen. 

a. Construct furniture for same. 

b. Make tea cozy. 

3. Design and make paper flowers and vegetables, 
and hedges for sand table. 

4. Construct and decorate clay dishes. 

5. Sketch scene from story. 

6. Make frieze depicting Welsh life. 

7. Make butter or cheese. 

8. Make tea. 


II. English. 


1. Oral and written accounts covering story. 

a. Letter from child in Wales. 

b. Letter about the life of Welsh children. 

c. Prepare short report on Wales to be given to 
another class. 


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d. Write original poem. 

e. Dramatize incidents in story; town crier, 
Eisteddfod, story of Gelert, Hallowe’en, 
Cockle Woman. 

2. Spelling and vocabulary. 

a. butter, cheese, chalk, cozy, fire-irons, fender, 
rooks, mines, knights, castles, coal. 

III. Social Subjects. 

1. Discuss thrift of people. 

2. Discuss effect of mountains and rainfall on the 
people. 

3. People. 

a. Characteristics, customs, occupations, art, 
music, and science. 

4. Industries. 

a. Wool, mining, coal, and slate. 

5. Locate on map trip to Wales. 

6. Compare size of Wales to known places. 

7. Locate on map: Cardiff, Llandudno, Snowdon, 
etc. 

IV. Nature Study. 

1. Animals: sheep, cattle, geese. 

2. Agriculture. 

V. Physical Education. 

1. Games: Cricket, Foot-ball. Taffy (Bancroft: 
Book of Games). 


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^Bibliography 


Shackleton, Robert 
James, J. H. 
Trevelyan, Marie 

Marks, Jeannette 
Griffis, W. E. 
Muirhead, Findlay, ed. 
Thomas, W. J. 

Bradley 

Morgan, G. M. 


Touring Great Britain. 
Untraveled England. 

Glimpses of Welsh Life and 
Character. 

Gallant Little Wales. 

Welsh Fairy Tales. 

Wales. (Blue Guides.) 

The Welsh Fairy Book- 
In the March and Borderland of 
Wales. 

Our Little Welsh Cousin. 


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’0 LAND OF MV FATHERS,THE LAND OF THE FREE. 

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Thy noble defenders were gallant and brave. 
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